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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1931
Page
3
Morgan county education chief E L Hays says cash for salaries before Christmas is unlikely. Warrants exist but backing funds are uncertain. Some districts with 3 mill tax received partial cash payments. overall state funds may not arrive soon. Despite cash woes, the 176 white and 26 Negro teachers remain committed to duties.
The Tennessee river continued to rise after heavy rains with the gauge at 10.4 feet this morning. The elevated level warns of possible flooding downstream and prompts monitoring by local officials.
In Gadsden on December 15 a stump removal demonstration showed removing stumps from prospective farmland by dynamite. More than 500 Etowah county farmers attended as L. L. Self county agent oversaw blasting that removed 1,000 stumps.
Jefferson County farmers planted 75,000 pounds of hairy vetch seed and Austrian peas this fall. Supported by rains, the legumes show good stands and lay a foundation for next year's crops. Many plan to sow Austrian pea seeds next spring to cut seed costs.
No rainfall occurred in the 24 hours ending at seven this morning. The note explains cantaloupes derive their name from the Italian town Cantaloupe where the melons were first grown in Europe.
Eleanore Durand deals with a distressed Mrs. Morse after Sybil Morse flees home over a marriage plot. Mrs. Morse blames Eleanore for wrecking her daughter and the arrangement unravels. Eleanore resolves to find another match for Bruce and plans to invite Marion Brame, while secretly tearing up Sybil's letter.
The local Boy Scouts Council despite no executive plans a regular monthly Court of Honor. Troop 20 and Troop 16 will be represented with many boys seeking higher ratings. Belle Mina Mooresville district troops and others are invited for a successful meeting led by Paul Dix as executive and S A Lynne as president. The coldest winter on record was 1709 with frost penetrating three yards in Europe and seas frozen.
John Barrymore and Marian Marsh, famed for Svengali, return together in The Mad Genius at the Princess Theatre on Thursday. Critics nationwide praise Marsh, who will soon headline her own film Under 18, with date to be announced.
Eva December 15 special report notes twenty eight paid members in the Future Farmers of America chapter at Eva outlining objectives for the 1932 program. Plans include promoting pure certified seed and pure breed livestock, cover crops, beautifying the campus, debates, tours, fundraising, annual father and son banquet, basketball games with co workers, and sending delegates to the annual meeting.
Dewitt Dye of Eva High School follows a four year program to profit from a field crop and poultry project. In 1930 he grew Austrian peas on four acres, turned them under for nitrogen, and harvested 280 bushels of corn. Total credits reached 160 dollars with 72 dollars in charges, yielding a net profit of 96 dollars or 24 dollars per acre. He then raised 400 white laced hatchery chicks, built a laying house, and reports the birds now pay all expenses with clear profit, using Austrian peas to produce cheap corn for feed.
In Pell City Alabama on December 15 a beef cattle project gathers a herd including one purebred Hereford bull twenty four Hereford heifers and twenty native cows. The farm spans 740 acres fenced with woven wire and 115 acres devoted to grains and hay producing seed.
The weather bureau recorded a maximum temperature of 48 and a minimum of 32 up to seven o'clock this morning in the day's temperature summary.
In February 1847 a spectacular hailstorm struck New South Wales with stones measuring about 14 inches in circumference. Residents described streets stacked with ice as cattle sheds and crops suffered damage across several towns.
BAY MINNETTE Ala Dec 15 In Baldwin county increased production of poultry is being stressed by county agent E E Hale and teachers of vocational agriculture Banks are cooperating with farmers financing poultry stock and encouraging attendance at a countywide meeting to instruct producers on economical and efficient methods.
The article notes that three painters are regularly employed at the White House and that during complete overhauls, ten to twelve additional workers are brought in. This indicates a scalable workforce to handle significant maintenance.
A cloudburst is described as producing six or more inches of rain with an intensity of ten inches per hour, signaling extreme downpours and rapid accumulation.
Fred Eaves underwent an operation at Benevolent hospital Monday morning and was reported resting well this afternoon.
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